- Date
- October 3, 1974
- Place
- Marshfied, MA · MARSHFIED, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4879Enstrom F-28A
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741003031169A
- Case key
- 142490
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3584 74/10/3 MARSHFIED,MASS ENSTROM F-28A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3270 TIME - 1100 N4879 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 870 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARSHFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEVERLY,MASS MARSHFIED,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: OTHER ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- JAM NUT,AN316-5,LOOSE.ROD DISCONNECTED FM BELT TENSIONING ASSY RLSNG TENSION ON ROTOR DRIVE BELT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4879
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marshfield
N4879Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N4879 · 1
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